Improved washing-machine



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GEORGE R.- WE ER, 0F

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 83,230, dated October 20, 1868.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. WEBER, of the city of Springfield, county of Sangamon, and State of Elinois, have invented a newand usefirlWashing-Machine and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and accumtedescription of the construction and opera tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. bA is a tub, somewhat deeper than a common wash- B is a fi'ame, rigged upon the side of the tub A, for

a handle and rod, similarto a pump-handle and rod, to

work in.

G is the handle, and D is the dasher, or rod.-

E E are six, eight, ten, or any number of fingers, stretching out laterally from the base of the dasher D, and to which they are fastened.

These fingers are constructed with any number of knuckles, with depressions between.

At the. side of the frame-work B, is the catch E, which hooks to the handle when pressed downwards,

and keeps the dasher and fingers raised when necessary, either to draw oil the water from the tub, or rinse or let the clothes .drip.

Between the knuckles of the fingers, the clothes are loosely attached, and the proper amount of water being put into the tub, the dasher is moved up and down, with the clothes attached to the fingers; in the manner described, and the movement of them by the dasher, and the stir and commotion givento them and the water If the clothes are very dirty, thewater will require changing two or three times, according to the degree of cleanliness in the clothes to be washed. -I claim the combination of standard B, fixed to the side of the tub A, lever 0, adjustable rod D, rigid fingers E E, usedin connection with a common tub, and so arranged that clothes may be elevated and drained by the fastening-device F E.

GEO. R. WEBER. Witnesses:

GEO. 0.1VIARGY, J, H. CHERRY.

about them, by the fingers, cleanse them thoroughly. I 

